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The Unseen Path – Part Twelve

3rd February 2018 1642again 0

The walk was just what she needed, invigorating in the Spring sunshine among the reams of wild flowers lining the track sides and field fringes, helping to clear her head. The climate was more like [more…]

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Politics

Travails of a Volunteer

2nd February 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

I work for a very enlightened employer, it is as companies should be, and how most were 20 years ago, working in a patrician, supportive environment where employees are valued. Among many career opportunities and [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Eleven

31st January 2018 1642again 0

FRIDAY He had left his parents-in-law by eight o’clock the following morning, heading to the local station to meet the officers leading the search for his wife; it had been a sombre evening, but not [more…]

Health

A Balls-Up in and out of the Barracks

30th January 2018 Going Postal 0

Everyday dental life in the Clinic was fairly normal. Normal that is if I had been used to working in a practice with limited equipment and materials, alongside three other dentists, one of whom had [more…]

Fiction

Tilda and the Witches 1.2

28th January 2018 Tachybaptus 0

ACT 1 SCENE 2   The Road to Opprobrium.   Enter TILDA, VULPECULA, ETTY and JESSICA, with MAISIE carrying little VUSILLUS. All are in the garb of Peasants.   VULPECULA: Night falls, and I am [more…]

Christianity

Going to Church

28th January 2018 rattuscatchus 0

As a nipper, I was brought up in what was a fairly typical, English family. Mum, Dad, siblings and normal sorts of stuff. We were what I call typical Church of England. We all went [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Ten

27th January 2018 1642again 0

Chief Superintendent Dager had been back in the office for the last ninety minutes, having been called by the duty team.  Late and overnight duties had diminished as he had climbed the ranks, but in [more…]

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Presidents Club Pish

25th January 2018 DH 0

Ah reckon this Presudants Club pish has bin pure blown oot o’ aw pruporshun tae be honast wi yeez. Ah mind wan time the sarge took a load o’ us aw oot tae the curry [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Nine

24th January 2018 1642again 0

Both vehicles had skidded to a stop, one on the pavement and the other on the mini-roundabout in front, rendered in seconds into inert colanderised metal cans.  The staccato shrieks made by the bullets lasted [more…]

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